The Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci

Your translation of Manuscript A from the Institute bears the date of 1880—a glorious date which allows me, by borrowing the epithet given to La Tour d’Auvergne “the first grenadier of France,” Théophile-Malo de La Tour d'Auvergne (1743–1800) was a legendary French soldier honored by Napoleon as the "First Grenadier of the Republic." to call you the first Leonardian of the Universe.

The manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci from the Library of the Institute, published in phototypic facsimiles An early photographic process used to create high-quality reproductions of documents. with lateral transcription and a French version; a work in 6 folio volumes, comprising 2,178 folios or facsimiles. Quantin, 1882-1891.